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Balanidae

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Noun1.BalanidaeBalanidae - stalkless barnacles                  
family Balanidae
arthropod family - any of the arthropods
Cirripedia, subclass Cirripedia - barnacles
Balanus, genus Balanus - type genus of the family Balanidae


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The Balanidae or sessile cirripedes, on the other hand, have no ovigerous frena, the eggs lying loose at the bottom of the sack, in the well-enclosed shell; but they have large folded branchiae.
The Origin of Species by Darwin, Charles View in context
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